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IT Systems Engineer
$162K–$226K
Palo Alto, CA · Full-time · Posted Sep 11, 2025
- Experience
- 3+ years.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
About the job
Builds and supports on-premises Windows infrastructure, including Active Directory, VMware virtual desktop environments, and Windows VMs running SQL Server.
What you'll do
- Administer Windows Server, Active Directory, VMware vSphere and Horizon, and SQL Server workloads.
- Automate and optimize infrastructure, troubleshoot issues, and maintain system availability and reliability.
- Collaborate with engineering, vendors, and compliance teams; document procedures and participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of systems engineering experience with corporate Microsoft infrastructure, Windows Server, on-premises Active Directory, VMware vSphere, VMware Horizon Windows VDI, and SQL Server on Windows VMs.
Nice to have
- Experience with scalable storage solutions, preferably NetApp; Windows Server clustering and high availability.
- PowerShell automation, VMware virtualization, Microsoft deployment tooling, and technical documentation experience.
Pay
$162,000 - $226,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Microsoft Windows Server, Active Directory, VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, VMware Horizon, Microsoft SQL Server, PowerShell
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